Why was the outcome of the Democratic National Convention in 1968 considered to be tainted?
A) Many believed that Humphrey had won only because he leveraged support from the unaccountable party machine.
B) Many believed that McGovern won only because he entered into a corrupt bargain with McCarthy supporters.
C) Many believed that McCarthy should have won because he had the backing of labor and party elites in spite of his low level of public support.
D) Many believe that Humphrey should have won because he had the support of young activists and intellectuals who were the core of the party.
A
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A. They are proportionately represented. B. They are significantly overrepresented. C. They are significantly underrepresented. D. They are slightly underrepresented.
A vice president may become president in all of the following circumstances EXCEPT
A. by winning a presidential election. B. because the president dies in office. C. because the president resigns from office. D. because the Congress appoints the vice president to the office. E. because a president is impeached and convicted.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) uses _____ to determine the level of chemicals and other pollutants that can be present in water and still be considered safe to drink.
A. contingent valuation methods B. sensitivity analysis C. risk evaluation D. impact assessment
Why was the Supreme Court ruling in Faragher v. City of Boca Raton, which relied on the context of the antidiscrimination provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, demonstrative of the ambiguities of the law?
A. It involved the votes of justices that had opposed the Civil Rights Act but who used the Civil Rights Act in the justification for their ruling. B. The case dealt with sexual harassment in the workplace, which is not mentioned in the Civil Rights Act. C. The minority dissenting opinion refused to use the Civil Rights Act as a justification. D. The case arrived at the Supreme Court without the Court requesting a writ of certiorari. E. The case involved administrative law, but the Court used statutory law as a basis for its decision.